Not P but DFW: by an al-Qaeda splinter in Iraq

[Mike Jing]

Thanks, Mike. That's what I thought as well.  I was asking because a
proofreader also changed my translation here.


On Thu, Feb 5, 2026 at 2:05 AM Mike Weaver <mike.weaver at zen.co.uk> wrote:

> The beheading by the al-Q splinter took place in Iraq
>
> On 04/02/2026 17:01, Mike Jing wrote:
> > The following excerpt is from David Foster Wallace's *Host*:
> >
> > It is currently right near the end of the program’s second segment on the
> > evening of May 11, 2004, shortly after Nicholas Berg’s taped beheading by
> > an al-Qaeda splinter in Iraq.
> >
> > Does the phrase "in Iraq" modify "an al-Qaeda splinter" or "Nicholas
> > Berg’s taped beheading"?
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>